SK Hynix 2.5-inch SATA III SSD and mSATA SSD Announced

SK Hynix enters the SSD
market, introducing its client-side 2.5-inch SATA III SSD and mSATA
SSD. The 2.5-inch solid state drive is based on ONFI synchronous NAND
Flash memory using 20nm class process, and comes in 128GB and 256GB
capacities. It uses SATA III interface and delivers up to 10MB/s read
and 470MB/s write speeds, and up to 55K IOPS read and 85K IOPS write
performance.

SK Hynix also brings the mSATA SSDs
that use Mini PCIe connector to PC OEMs. The 64GB and 128GB models will
use SATA III 6Gbps interface and offer up to 505MB/s read and 470MB/s
write speeds. The 32GB model, on the other hand, use SATA II 3Gbps and
has 260MB/s read and 250MB/s write performance.

All these solid state drives support AES-128 Encryption for data
security and include Wear Leveling, S.M.A.R.T., Intelligent Read Disturb
Management for enhanced durability and liability.